The Chumby squeezable clock/ultraportable wi-fi lump

It’s a sort of bedside mini internet device, the logical update to the clock radio. Chumby is designed to keep you in touch with your “internet life,” so if you wake up immediately in a panic about Facebook, email, blog updates, news feeds, RSS, Twitters, other blogs and whatnot, Chumby is ready.

Your other half will no doubt be ecstatic that there’s an internet connection right next to you 24 hours a day.

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The DIY clock, 'Harddisc-Uhr', made by some random German nutter

harddisc-uhr.jpgThere’s not much to say about this clock except ‘wow!’. And possibly ‘where on earth do I get one?!’ Well, unfortunately for you, it’s a DIY clock made by some clever German in his basement, in the spare minutes between Star Trek reruns, probably.

The ‘Harddisc-Uhr’, as it’s known, features a rotating platter which allows for the time to be changed, instead of being…

"Fontastic" time telling with the Font Clock

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Each to their own — though I love fonts I’m not sure I want different ones adorning my time-telling device.

The Font Clock is “a 21st century take on the British 24 hour clock design icon” which has twelve different fonts printed within the mechanism of the clock, providing a “random” mixed display.

It comes in three sizes. The smallest one, the G100, measures 29 x 14 x 11 cms and displays just the time.

Steampunk Powerbook? More like Clockwork Powerbook!

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Now that you know the, err, inner workings of the design aesthetics of steampunk pieces, here’s hoping you will appreciate the work that’s gone into this steampunk Pismo Powerbook created by Mr. Mordasky over at Mac Mod.

Using just broken clock parts purchased on eBay, aluminium sheet metal, gloss, and a bit of bronze paint, he has designed and made all by himself the perfect black steampunk Powerbook….